Floorball Canada is the highest governing body for the sport of floorball

Floorball

Floorball, a type of floor hockey, is an indoor team sport which was developed in the 1970s in Sweden. Floorball is most popular in areas where the sport has developed the longest, such as the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. The game is played...

 in Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. Floorball Canada is a self-governed organization which is recognized by the Government of Canada

Government of Canada

The Government of Canada, formally Her Majesty's Government, is the system whereby the federation of Canada is administered by a common authority; in Canadian English, the term can mean either the collective set of institutions or specifically the Queen-in-Council...

, Sport Canada

Sport Canada

Sport Canada is a branch of the Department of Canadian Heritage. Its mission is "to enhance opportunities for all Canadians to participate and excel in sport." Sport Canada develops Federal sport policy in Canada, provides funding programs in support of sport, and administers special projects...

, and the Canadian Olympic Committee

Canadian Olympic Committee

The Canadian Olympic Committee - COC is the private, non-profit organization representing Canadian athletes in the International Olympic Committee and the Pan American Games. It was formally recognized by the IOC in 1907. The COC also represents the selection of Canadian cities in their bid for...

.

Floorball Canada organizes the Canadian Floorball Championships

2007 Canadian Floorball Championships

The 2007 Canadian Floorball Championships were the first national championships in Canadian floorball. It was held in June 2007 in Montreal, Quebec. The province of Quebec captured the men's national championship, while the province of Ontario captured the national championship on the women's side...

 (CFC), as well as the men's

Men's national floorball team of Canada

The Canada men's national floorball team is the men's national floorball team of Canada, and a member of the International Floorball Federation . Canada's men's team is currently ranked 11th in the world at floorball following their result at the 2010 Men's World Floorball Championships...

, women's, men's under-19

Men's under-19 national floorball team of Canada

The Canada men's under-19 national floorball team is the men's under-19 national floorball team of Canada, and a member of the International Floorball Federation. Canada's under-19 men's team is currently ranked 13th in the world at floorball, and plays in the B-Division at the World Floorball...

, and women's under-19 national floorball teams. So far, three men's teams, one women's team, and a men's under-19 have been sent to take part in the World Floorball Championships. A women's under-19 team will be sent in 2010.

Organization

Floorball Canada is divided into four regional branches/federations: Alberta Floorball Association, British Columbia Floorball Federation, Floorball Ontario, and Québec Floorball Association. Floorball Canada's goal is to add three more regional branches: Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

, Manitoba

Manitoba

Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

, and an Atlantic federation, which would include the three maritime

Maritimes

The Maritime provinces, also called the Maritimes or the Canadian Maritimes, is a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. On the Atlantic coast, the Maritimes are a subregion of Atlantic Canada, which also includes the...

 provinces and Newfoundland & Labrador.

Floorball Canada has been an ordinary member of the International Floorball Federation

International Floorball Federation

The International Floorball Federation is the worldwide governing body for the sport of floorball. It was founded in 1986 in Huskvarna, Sweden, by the national floorball associations of Finland, Sweden and Switzerland. As of March 2011, it had 52 member associations, with 3,983 clubs and 277,752...

 since 2001. Canada was given membership as part of the IFF in 1998. As of June 30, 2008, there are 1,000 registered floorball players in Canada, which is five times the total of registered players in 2007.

Floorball Canada was originally known as the Canadian Unihockey/Floorball Federation and then for a short period as the Canadian Floorball Federation.

See also

• Canada men's national floorball team
• Canada men's under-19 national floorball team

External links

• Official Floorball Canada page